SPRINGFIELD – Police charged a 30-year-old city man with attempted larceny of a motor vehicle and related charges early Wednesday in the McKnight neighborhood.

Lt. Maurice Kearney said the vehicle owner spotted the suspect breaking into the vehicle and called police. Police spotted the suspect a short time later walking along a nearby street, Ingersoll Grove.

The victim then identified the suspect as the man he had seen breaking into the vehicle, Kearney said.

Joseph Richey, 30, of 372 Franklin Ave., 2nd floor, was charged with breaking and entering into a motor vehicle, attempted larceny of a motor vehicle and possession of burglarious tools, police documents state.